Location:
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Website: http://www.211ontario.ca/
Advocacy Description: 211Toronto.ca is the public, online version of the database used by information and referral specialists for the 211 telephone service.
Help Line and Website for easy access to community, social,...
Tags: help line
Location: Toronto ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Multicultural, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Other Telephone: 1-888-340-1001 (TTY)
Website: http://www.211toronto.ca
Advocacy Description: 211 Toronto is a Help Line and website which provides comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information on services provided by nonprofit, community-based organizations or the public sector. In...
Tags: help line
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
489 College Street, Suite 503
Type(s) of Advocacy: Crisis Services, Women
Telephone: 416.323.9149
Other Telephone: 416.323.1361 (TTY)
Website: http://www.schliferclinic.com/
Advocacy Description: The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic provides free and integrated legal, counselling, interpretation, information and referral services for women who have experienced violence – including partner...
Tags: counselling, interpretation, sexual abuse, sexual assault, survivors of violence, violence against women
Location: multiple cities ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Multicultural, Welfare, Women, Workers
Advocacy Description: CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Tags: African, childcare, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, employment services, intercultural, multicultural, neighbourhood house, south asian, women's centre, women's shelter
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
2141 Jane Street, 2nd Floor
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Multicultural, Women
Telephone: 416-533-8545
Other Telephone: AIDS Program: (416) 925-2800 Legal Clinic: (416) 533-0680 Women's Program: (416) 533-6411
Website: http://www.spanishservices.org
Advocacy Description: The Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples serves new immigrants from 20 Spanish - speaking countries and members of other communities.
We serve their needs by offering a variety of services designed to...
Tags: immigration help, Latin American, Latino/Latina, legal aid, legal assistance, settlement support, women's support
Location: Kingston ,
ON ,
302 Victoria St.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Debt, Housing and Tenants, Mental Health, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 613-545-9640
Website: http://www.dawnhouse.ca
Hours:
open 24 hours daily 365 days a year
Advocacy Description: Advocacy support, counselling, meals, personal hygiene items, clothing and household items provided.
Location: ,
Caledon Community Services 18 King St.E., Bolton, ON L7E 1E8
- at Mel Lloyd Centre 167 Centre Street, Shelburne, ON L0N 1S1
- at Mel Lloyd Centre 167 Centre Street, Shelburne, ON L0N 1S1
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Family, Violence, Women
Telephone: 519-941-HELP
Other Telephone: 905-584-HELP, TTY: 519-942-1651
Website: http://www.familytransitionplace.ca/
Advocacy Description: Provides shelter and counselling to abused women and their children and delivers skill-building violence prevention workshops to youth and adults in Caledon and Dufferin.
Tags: child protection advocacy, men fleeing abuse, women fleeing abuse, women fleeing violence, women's emergency services, women's shelter, women's support services
Location: Orangeville ,
ON ,
20 Bredin Pkwy
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Family, Violence, Women
Telephone: 519-941-HELP
Other Telephone: 905-584-HELP, TTY: 519-942-1651
Website: http://www.familytransitionplace.ca/
Advocacy Description: Provides shelter and counselling to abused women and their children and delivers skill-building violence prevention workshops to youth and adults in Caledon and Dufferin.
Tags: child protection advocacy, men fleeing abuse, women fleeing abuse, women fleeing violence, women's emergency services, women's shelter, women's support services
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
147 Queen Street East
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Employment and Unemployment, Food and Foodbanks, Housing and Tenants, LGBTQ, Violence, Women
Telephone: (416) 369-1199
Website: http://www.fredvictor.org/
Advocacy Description: The Fred Victor Centre provides assistance to men and women who live in extreme poverty and are marginally housed or homeless and works to increase the options and resources available to people in...
Tags: emergency shelter, employment program, employment resource centre, homelessness, homelessness outreach, homelessness prevention, homelessness support, housing support, shelter, social service support, transitional housing, women's housing, women's shelter
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
185 Fifth Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Family, Health, Mental Health, Women
Telephone: 416-252-6471
Website: http://www.lampchc.org/
Advocacy Description: LAMP Community Health Centre in South Etobicoke is a charitable, non-profit community based organization that provides a variety of integrated programs and services to meet the health needs of the...
Tags: children and youth programs, Community Health Clinic, family programs, health centre, health clinic, health services
Location: London ,
ON ,
PO BOX 2801 Station A
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Welfare, Women
Telephone: (519) 438-8676
Website: http://www.execulink.com/~life/
Advocacy Description: LIFE*SPIN provides information, support and community-based programs to low-income Londoners.
Our front-line services deal with the immediate crises and problems faced by low-income people,...
Tags: food security, free store, homelessness prevention, mediation, poverty advocacy, poverty prevention, women's housing, women's resource centre
Location:
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women
Website: http://www.lifespin.org/
Hours:
Appointments recommended
Monday to Wednesday
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Advocacy Description: We specialize in issues related to ODSP legislation, OW legislation and CPP legislation. We provide assistance with completing applications, gathering medical evidence, internal review/...
Tags: CPP, homelessness prevention, low income, ODSP
Location: London ,
ON ,
866 Dundas Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women
Website: http://www.lifespin.org/
Hours:
Appointments recommended
Monday to Wednesday
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Advocacy Description: We specialize in issues related to ODSP legislation, OW legislation and CPP legislation. We provide assistance with completing applications, gathering medical evidence, internal review/...
Tags: CPP, homelessness prevention, low income, ODSP
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
700 Lawrence Ave. West, Suite 226
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Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Multicultural, Women
Telephone: 416-784-0920
Website: http://www.nych.ca/
Advocacy Description: North York Community House has been serving the residents of southwest North York for over 20 years. We are committed to working with individuals, groups and neighbourhoods to address the issues that...
Tags: ESL instruction, family support groups, homework program, parenting program, settlement services, women's support groups, youth drop-in
Location: Kingston ,
ON ,
23 Elm Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Housing and Tenants, Women
Telephone: 613-548-8466
Website: http://www.ryandale.org/
Advocacy Description: Ryandale Shelter for the Homeless is the only shelter in Kingston to offer emergency support to men, women and families with children, all under the same roof. Our eleven-bed shelter has operated at...
Tags: emergency housing, emergency shelter, homeless support
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
333 Sherbourne Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural, Women
Telephone: 416-324-4180
Website: http://www.sherbourne.on.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Sherbourne Health Centre is an urban primary health care centre serving the diverse communities of southeast Toronto since 2003.
We seek to reduce barriers to care by taking a comprehensive...
Tags: community health centre, counselling, homeless health outreach, homeless healthcare, LGBT counselling, LGBT health care, LGBT support programs, newcomers healthcare, newcomers support programs, transgender healthcare, transsexual healthcare
Location: ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Women, Workers
Advocacy Description: Specialty clinics:
represent specific individuals (e.g., seniors, people living with HIV/AIDS)
deal with specific area of law
service clients throughout Ontario.
Some clinics also specialize in...
Tags: african canadians, chinese, correctional law, environmental law, HIV/AIDS, income security, industrial accident victims, injured worker, south asian, southeast asian, Spanish, workers' health, workers' safety'
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
519 Church Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Activists, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: 416-392-6874
Website: http://www.the519.org/
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Advocacy Description: The 519 has over 300 groups using meeting space, providing community services and offering self help programmes. There are trans meal programs, an ID clinic, homelessness outreach, legal clinic,...
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
74 Firvalley Court
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Family, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 416-694-1138
Website: http://www.wardenwoods.com/
Advocacy Description: Warden Woods Community Centre provides a range of services for children and youth, seniors, intravenous drug users, and homeless people. The Centre also provides crisis intervention and support...
Tags: children and youth programs, crisis intervention, drugs and alcohol, intravenous drug users, seniors' services, seniors' support services
